He received an M.S. in Geoecology from Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia), an M.S. in Micrometeorology, and a Ph.D. in Bio-Atmospheric Sciences from School of Natural Resources of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (USA).

His research interests are bio-atmospheric interactions, particularly, energy, water and gas exchange, atmospheric turbulence, radiation penetration and absorption, and various aspects of ecosystem geophysics.